cnn producer approached senate minority leader mitch mcconnell about that issue today. take a listen to his response. >> no comment either way? a lot of our viewers are saying they would like that debate. no comment? >> jennifer: no comment. mcconnell did express sympathy for the families and victims, but said nothing about guns. how hard do you think it is going to be to get these republicans to support at least the assault weapons ban? >> i -- i think it is going to be difficult, jennifer to be completely candid about it. they have said no to every bit of legislation whether it's gun control or for that matter anything else. certainly everyone who has a memory over the last four years, they don't want to have the nra against them. but these images the understanding of the necessity of doing something to reduce the easy access particularly by people with mental illnesses, easy access to guns. the country overwhelmingly understands that. what the nra and what many people say who are gun supporters, they say look guns don't kill people people kill people. but we understa